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data-title="ساموئا، کالیفرینا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_(Californie)" title="Samoa (Californie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Samoa (Californie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_(Kalifornija)" title="Samoa (Kalifornija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Samoa (Kalifornija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_(California)" title="Samoa (California) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Samoa (California)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_(California)" title="Samoa (California) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Samoa (California)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B0_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Самоа (Калифорни) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Самоа (Калифорни)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Samoa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Row_of_houses_in_Samoa,_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Houses in Samoa, August 2020"><img alt="Houses in Samoa, August 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Row_of_houses_in_Samoa%2C_California.jpg/250px-Row_of_houses_in_Samoa%2C_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Row_of_houses_in_Samoa%2C_California.jpg/375px-Row_of_houses_in_Samoa%2C_California.jpg 1.5x, 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_California_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samoa is located in California"><img alt="Samoa is located in California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/250px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/375px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/500px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1022" data-file-height="1171" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:13.953%;left:4.756%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Samoa"><img alt="Samoa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Samoa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in California</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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-124.18639</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/35px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/45px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.837 sq mi (2.167 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">0.837 sq mi (2.167 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0 sq mi (0 km<sup>2</sup>)  0%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">23 ft (7 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-US_Census_Bureau_2020_Samoa,_CA_Population_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Census_Bureau_2020_Samoa,_CA_Population-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">229</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">270/sq mi (110/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-8">UTC-8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific (PST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-7" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-7">UTC-7</a> (PDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">95564</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_707" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 707">707</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature IDs</th><td class="infobox-data">1656274; 2628788</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1656274">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samoa, California</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2628788">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samoa, California</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samoa</b> (formerly <b>Brownsville</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt County</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Eureka,_California" title="Eureka, California">Eureka</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samoa is located in the northern peninsula of <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Bay" title="Humboldt Bay">Humboldt Bay</a> and is the site of the <a href="/wiki/Samoa_Cookhouse" title="Samoa Cookhouse">Samoa Cookhouse</a>, one of the last remaining original lumber camp–style <a href="/wiki/Cookhouse" title="Cookhouse">cookhouses</a>. The name Samoa is used interchangeably to refer to the peninsula it occupies. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samoa was given its current name in honor of a contemporary crisis in the <a href="/wiki/Samoan_Islands" title="Samoan Islands">Samoan Islands</a> in 1890s. It was assumed that its harbor was similar to the harbor of <a href="/wiki/Pago_Pago" class="mw-redirect" title="Pago Pago">Pago Pago</a> in <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a>, and the town was consequentially named Samoa. It was originally known as Brownsville, named for James D.H. Brown, who was the owner of a dairy ranch established in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg/220px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg/330px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg/440px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="916" data-file-height="1269" /></a><figcaption>Rail line ran along the split west of Eureka; 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg/220px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg/330px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg/440px-Hammond_Lumber_RR_Trinidad_Quad_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1217" data-file-height="1457" /></a><figcaption>The timber came from the mountains east of Trinidad</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to private settlement of the area, the north spit at the entrance to Humboldt Bay was used by a series of federal government projects including the 1851 to 1892 <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Harbor_Light" title="Humboldt Harbor Light">Humboldt Harbor Light</a>; in 1862, a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoner of war camp">prisoner of war camp</a> for Native Americans captured in the <a href="/wiki/Bald_Hills_War" title="Bald Hills War">Bald Hills War</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Bay_Life-Saving_Station" title="Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station">Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station</a> in 1878; and the stonemason finishing yard and trans-shipment point for foundation stones for the <a href="/wiki/St._George_Reef_Light" title="St. George Reef Light">St. George Reef Light</a> from 1883 to 1891 at Paysonville.<sup id="cite_ref-HABS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HABS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nongovernmental settlement was named Brownsville after James Henry Brown, a dairy farmer who settled his ranch on the present site of Samoa in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Brown was the first permanent white settler on the north peninsula of Humboldt Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1830 and came to Humboldt County in 1853,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until a group of <a href="/wiki/Eureka,_California" title="Eureka, California">Eureka</a> businessmen formed the Samoa Land and Improvement Company in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.157_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.157-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vance Lumber Company purchased the Humboldt Bay frontage from Samoa Land and Improvement Company for construction of a large sawmill in 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.145_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eureka_and_Klamath_River_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Eureka and Klamath River Railroad">Eureka and Klamath River Railroad</a> was chartered in 1893 to connect the Samoa sawmill and associated worker housing facilities to the city of <a href="/wiki/Arcata,_California" title="Arcata, California">Arcata</a> and timberlands near the Mad River.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Samoa sawmill was the largest in Humboldt County<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.145_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when purchased by Andrew B. Hammond in 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Samoa post office opened in 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A sash and door factory was added to the mill complex by 1909,<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.157_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.157-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the company was reorganized as the Hammond Lumber Company in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hammond Lumber Company built an emergency shipyard during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, and seven wooden steam-ships were built at Samoa between 1917 and 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1921–22 Belcher Atlas of Humboldt County breaks down private and commercial land ownership throughout the county, showing that by 1922, the region of Samoa was parceled into an extractive resource industry. The largest tracts of land belonged to Hammond Lumber Company, while other enterprises included the Little River Redwood Company, the San Francisco Land Company, Big Lagoon Lumber Company, and Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company, the latter owning the northerly marsh inlets stretching between the modern-day Arcata Bottoms and Mad River.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hammond Lumber Company railroads brought logs and lumber to Samoa from Little River and Big Lagoon until the railway trestles were destroyed by wildfire in 1945. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Georgia-Pacific" title="Georgia-Pacific">Georgia-Pacific</a> Corporation purchased the Samoa sawmill complex in 1956 and began operation of a plywood mill in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A modern sawmill replaced the original sawmill facilities in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.164_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.164-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Pulp_mill" title="Pulp mill">pulp mill</a> began operation in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the older worker housing was razed during construction of modern mill facilities, but the <a href="/wiki/Samoa_Cookhouse" title="Samoa Cookhouse">Samoa Cookhouse</a> was preserved. The Samoa mill complex was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana-Pacific" title="Louisiana-Pacific">Louisiana-Pacific</a> Corporation during a <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> action initiated in 1972<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last old-growth timber was milled in 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.164_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.164-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the area was set for sale in 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Samoa_Peninsula">Samoa Peninsula</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Samoa Peninsula"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coastal bar separating Humboldt Bay from the Pacific Ocean has been breached by a dredged channel to allow commercial shipping to enter the bay. The tips of the north and south jetties have unusual concrete breakers known as <a href="/wiki/Dolos" title="Dolos">dolos</a>, which resemble toy <a href="/wiki/Jacks_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacks (game)">jacks</a>. The breakers were built by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">United States Army Corps of Engineers</a> to withstand the area's heavy seas, and were featured by <a href="/wiki/Huell_Howser" title="Huell Howser">Huell Howser</a> on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/California%27s_Gold" title="California's Gold">California's Gold</a></i> (Episode #803). Samoa peninsula includes the <a href="/wiki/Manila,_California" title="Manila, California">Manila</a> and Samoa Dunes (some of the most ecologically diverse areas in California)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and stretches to the <a href="/wiki/Arcata" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcata">Arcata</a> Bottoms. The peninsula is about 10 miles (16 km) long by 1 mile (1.6 km). This area is vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Tsunamis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsunamis">tsunamis</a> as its average elevation above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a> is only 3 feet (0.91 m). It also contains the unincorporated community of Manila and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> station. Residential expansion is proposed that would double the size of Manila, which currently has neither fire or police services of its own. The ZIP Code is 95564. The community is inside <a href="/wiki/Area_code_707" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 707">area code 707</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg/200px-USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg/300px-USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg/400px-USS_H-3_1917_h35850.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption> USS H-3 Beached at Samoa April 6, 1917</figcaption></figure><p> The seaward side of the peninsula is Samoa Beach. The great green combers of winter gales hump and crest about a half-mile offshore where the 30-foot (9.1 m) swell curve parallels the shoreline. During such storms, little can be seen between the breakers and the beach except the smoky spume of crests blown off by the wind. Varying currents and a high incidence of foggy days caused mariners to call the approach to Humboldt Bay a "graveyard of the Pacific" in days before modern navigational aids were available. Even when the fog bank was no more than a threat on the horizon, landmarks on the higher ground east of Humboldt Bay were obscured by a low overcast of smoke from lumber mills and homes using wood fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the construction of the Humboldt Harbor Light and the <a href="/wiki/Table_Bluff_Light" title="Table Bluff Light">Table Bluff Light</a> at least twenty-seven vessels had gone ashore in this vicinity<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Milwaukee_(C-21)" title="USS Milwaukee (C-21)">USS <i>Milwaukee</i> (C-21)</a> grounded here on January 13, 1917, and broke up in the pounding surf.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cruiser, disregarding recommendations of local mariners, was attempting to salvage the submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_H-3_(SS-30)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS H-3 (SS-30)">USS <i>H-3</i> (SS-30)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submarine had gone aground on December 15, 1916; and its crew were living in tents on the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submarine was later salvaged by the Mercer-Fraser Company building a track of balks across the Samoa peninsula and jacking the submarine up onto rollers to be towed across and relaunched into Humboldt Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F and cold, rainy winters that include a layer of morning fog. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Samoa has a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate#Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">warm-summer Mediterranean climate</a>, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reported that Samoa had a population of 258. The population density was 308.4 inhabitants per square mile (119.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of Samoa was 198 (76.7%) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1 (0.4%) <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 9 (3.5%) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0 (0.0%) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0 (0.0%) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 31 (12.0%) from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 19 (7.4%) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 52 persons (20.2%). </p><p>The Census reported that 258 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. </p><p>There were 91 households, out of which 28 (30.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21 (23.1%) were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">opposite-sex married couples</a> living together, 13 (14.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 13 (14.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 23 (25.3%) <a href="/wiki/POSSLQ" title="POSSLQ">unmarried opposite-sex partnerships</a>, and 0 (0%) <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex partnerships">same-sex married couples or partnerships</a>. 18 households (19.8%) were made up of individuals, and 1 (1.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84. There were 47 <a href="/wiki/Family_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family (U.S. Census)">families</a> (51.6% of all households); the average family size was 2.87. </p><p>The population was spread out, with 47 people (18.2%) under the age of 18, 59 people (22.9%) aged 18 to 24, 96 people (37.2%) aged 25 to 44, 47 people (18.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 9 people (3.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 137.1 males. </p><p>There were 98 housing units at an average density of 117.2 per square mile (45.3/km<sup>2</sup>), of which 91 were occupied, of which 1 (1.1%) were owner-occupied, and 90 (98.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.2%. 2 people (0.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 256 people (99.2%) lived in rental housing units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">state legislature</a>, Samoa is in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 2nd State Senate district">the 2nd Senate District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">Mike McGuire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 2nd State Assembly district">the 2nd Assembly District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wood_(California_politician)" title="Jim Wood (California politician)">Jim Wood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Federally, it is in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="California's 2nd congressional district">California's 2nd congressional district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Jared Huffman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1986 movie <i><a href="/wiki/My_Chauffeur" title="My Chauffeur">My Chauffeur</a></i> a woman named Casey Meadows played by <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Foreman" title="Deborah Foreman">Deborah Foreman</a> has to chauffeur Battle Witherspoon played by <a href="/wiki/Sam_J._Jones" title="Sam J. 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Jones</a> to Samoa, while on their way the car breaks down. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samoa,_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2010_place_list_06.txt">"2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>.</cite><span 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-US_Census_Bureau_2020_Samoa,_CA_Population_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/all?q=Samoa+CDP;+California">"Explore Census Data"</a>. <i>data.census.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1998). <i>California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State</i>. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 137. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-884995-14-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-884995-14-4"><bdi>1-884995-14-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=California%27s+Geographic+Names%3A+A+Gazetteer+of+Historic+and+Modern+Names+of+the+State&rft.place=Clovis%2C+Calif.&rft.pages=137&rft.pub=Word+Dancer+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1-884995-14-4&rft.aulast=Durham&rft.aufirst=David+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamoa%2C+California" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Capace, Nancy (1999). <i>Encyclopedia of California</i>. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 399. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780403093182" title="Special:BookSources/9780403093182">9780403093182</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HABS-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HABS_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay and Marine Railway, Historic American Buildings Survey CA-2810</i>. Washington, DC: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. February 2009. pp. 39 pages.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Coast+Guard+Station+Humboldt+Bay+and+Marine+Railway%2C+Historic+American+Buildings+Survey+CA-2810&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=39+pages&rft.pub=National+Park+Service%2C+U.S.+Department+of+the+Interior&rft.date=2009-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamoa%2C+California" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurner1993" class="citation book cs1">Turner, Dennis (1993). <i>Place Names of Humboldt County California A Compendium 1542-1992</i>. Eureka, Ca: Eureka Printing Company Incorporated. p. 30. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9629617-1-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9629617-1-X"><bdi>0-9629617-1-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Place+Names+of+Humboldt+County+California+A+Compendium+1542-1992&rft.place=Eureka%2C+Ca&rft.pages=30&rft.pub=Eureka+Printing+Company+Incorporated&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-9629617-1-X&rft.aulast=Turner&rft.aufirst=Dennis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamoa%2C+California" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.157-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.157_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.157_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.157</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.145-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.145_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.145_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.145</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.117</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.99</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.159</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.100</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation archive"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.humboldt.edu/humco/holdings/belcher.htm">Belcher Atlas of Humboldt County</a>. Arcata, CA: Humboldt State University Special Collections, Humboldt State University.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 pp.163-164</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carranco_1982_p.164-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.164_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carranco_1982_p.164_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.164</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.101</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carranco 1982 p.166</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, pp.35-36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, p.35</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, pp.46-48</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, pp.45-46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, p.38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haislip, February 1967, p.49</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=19240&cityname=Samoa%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=">Climate Summary for Samoa, California</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20140715032902/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0664392">"2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Samoa CDP"</a>. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0664392">the original</a> on July 15, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 12,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2010+Census+Interactive+Population+Search%3A+CA+-+Samoa+CDP&rft.pub=U.S.+Census+Bureau&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2F2010census%2Fpopmap%2Fipmtext.php%3Ffl%3D06%3A0664392&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamoa%2C+California" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://senate.ca.gov/senators">"Senators"</a>. 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